Space & Physics

Physicists think the insides of black holes may be complex mazes of tangled strings in higher dimensions

Overall, “space miso” tastes just like regular miso—but slight differences in its microbial profile suggest that extraterrestrial conditions affect how microbes grow and flourish

States sue HHS for public health cuts, measles cases continue to rise, and a study finds Americans live shorter lives compared with their European counterparts.

Advances recognized by science’s most lucrative awards include high-energy physics experiments and groundbreaking weight-loss treatments

According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 is a building-sized space rock

A trio of classified Russian satellites, called Kosmos, has sparked intrigue in space-tracking circles after an unidentified object was launched into orbit

Studying how extraterrestrials might communicate could help prepare for first contact and also hint at the point of language itself

The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could affect the unparalleled observatory

A long-awaiting report from CERN explores the feasibility of building a supersized successor to the Large Hadron Collider

The commercial astronauts onboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission are flying closer to Earth’s poles than anyone has before, offering an intriguing opportunity for auroral science

The spins of some early galaxies could be a clue that the entire observable universe exists within a black hole—except, that is, for all the evidence to the contrary